13 votes

Sort comments by newest leaf, not branch

Posted by SaucedButLeaking (edited )
Tags: suggestion sorting sort

Example thread: https://tildes.net/~talk/1gd/how_would_you_describe_this_person

At this time, sorting by "newest" has PBuddy's reply to Emerald_Knight (posted 34 minutes ago) listed after my top-level comment (posted 54 minutes ago). I think the "newest" sorting method should place PBuddy's comment (and therefore Emerald_Knight's top-level) above mine.

[Edit: Por que no los dos?]

4 comments

  1. CALICO
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    I would really like the option for both. Given the multi-day discussions going on here, it can be difficult to tell at first if a new comment is a top-level comment or a reply to one buried within...

    I would really like the option for both. Given the multi-day discussions going on here, it can be difficult to tell at first if a new comment is a top-level comment or a reply to one buried within the greater discussion.

    6 votes
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    Ganymede
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    I like both. Newest - Leaf Newest - Branch

    I like both.

    Newest - Leaf
    Newest - Branch

    5 votes
    1. SaucedButLeaking
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      Good point; I can see situations for both

      Good point; I can see situations for both

  3. whisper
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    Serendipitous — I was planning to post this on Tildes' Gitlab Issues page this evening, but I'm glad to know that at least one person was having similar thoughts. It makes sense to me that sorting...

    Serendipitous — I was planning to post this on Tildes' Gitlab Issues page this evening, but I'm glad to know that at least one person was having similar thoughts.

    It makes sense to me that sorting by newest comments should include replies (or, as in your cool nomenclature, leaves) that are part of an existing top-level-comment thread (or, branch).

    EDIT: Enabling "Mark New Comments" in the settings makes it easier to find new replies by highlighting them. However, this becomes less (or, even, not at all) useful:

    • if the user has this setting disabled — then it's not useful at all
    • in long threads where the user will have to scroll a long way to find new comments
    2 votes